CM’s Allie Troeckler (front) draws a foul from Quincy Notre Dame’s Ericka Obert while scoring two of her game-high 26 points Friday night in the Eagles’ victory in Bethalto.

James B. Ritter / For The Telegraph

The search for a victory that could potentially be a launching pad for the Civic Memorial Eagles girls basketball team may, they hope, have ended Friday night.

The Eagles erased a six-point deficit midway through the fourth quarter and took down one of the state’s more storied programs, defeating the Quincy Notre Dame Raiders 50-45 in Bethalto.

QND, which won three straight state championships – two in Class 2A before getting another in Class 3A – from 2011-13, dropped to 10-2. CM moved to 11-6 with its sixth victory in the last seven games.

CM junior Allie Troeckler scored 26 points – putting her at 1,501 in her career – and Katelyn Turbyfill finished with nine points and 12 rebounds to lead the Eagles. Kalyn Troxell added nine points and five rebounds for CM.

The game was tied at 17-17 after one quarter before the Eagles took a 31-27 halftime lead with Troeckler scoring 17. The Raiders rallied to lead 41-39 heading to the fourth quarter and extended the margin to six points with less than four minutes remaining.

But Turbyfill hit a 3-pointer to draw CM even at 45 and Troeckler scored to put the Eagles up 47-45 with just under two minutes left and QND was done.

The loss was the second straight after a 10-0 start for the Raiders, who had not played since a Dec. 21 defeat at Springfield. Olivia Hyer scored 16 points and McKenzie Foley had 11 points for QND, which is bumped up to Class 4A for postseason.

CM shifts focus back to the Mississippi Valley Conference and a Thursday date at Highland.

Calhoun 66, Carrollton 29 – The Warriors led 18-9 after one quarter and buried the host Hawks in a 42-14 hole by halftime in a WIVC game in Carrollton. Calhoun is 16-2. Carrollton is 6-10.

Emma Baalman scored a game-high 21 points for Calhoun, which got 16 points from Grace Baalman and 12 from Kassidy Klocke. All three Warriors are 1,000-point career scorers.

Carrollton was led by Hannah Robinson’s 13 points, with Hannah Krumwiede adding seven for the Hawks.

CM’s Allie Troeckler (front) draws a foul from Quincy Notre Dame’s Ericka Obert while scoring two of her game-high 26 points Friday night in the Eagles’ victory in Bethalto.

http://thetelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/web1_01.08.16CM.G.Hoops2_.jpgCM’s Allie Troeckler (front) draws a foul from Quincy Notre Dame’s Ericka Obert while scoring two of her game-high 26 points Friday night in the Eagles’ victory in Bethalto. James B. Ritter / For The Telegraph